10/09/09: Announcing the Umpqua Wilderness Conference at Umpqua Community College on Nov. 7th! Click here to register and for related hike information.
09/29/09: Richard Sommer Memorial Hike & Memorial at Hillcrest Winery on September 26 & 27th.
09/23?09: Tingstad and Rumbel return to perform at the Presbyterian Church. Click here for ticket information.
09/23/09: Announcing the Umpqua Wilderness Conference at Umpqua Community College on
07/20/09: The Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR) has been withdrawn by the Department of Interior's Ken Salazar.
07/14/09: River Appreciation Day! July 18, 2009 at Whistlers Bend Park east of Roseburg, Noon to 8 PM. Live music, The Backwoods Barbeque (organic beef burgers plus), Craft booths, camping, floating, Disc Golf Tournament & More! Call 672-7065 for more information! Celebrate River Day every year! River Day is always held on the 3rd Saturday in July.
07/06/09: Update — DBug Timber Sale, one of the worst projects in the nation, proposes to invade pristine backcountry areas. Take Action!
04/30/09: Comment today on the UNF's proposed Travel Management Plan. The public comment period has been extended to May 22, 2009.
04/20/09: D-Bug DEIS comment period has been extended to June 8th. Click here for more info.
03/18/09: D-Bug DEIS is ready for public comment. Comments are due April 27th. Click here for more information.
03/18/09: Wild On Wilderness Slideshow Event, April 1st @ 7 PM at Chi's Restaurant at 528 SE Stephens Street in Roseburg, Oregon. Learn more about the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Proposal. The Devil's Staircase proposed wilderness is also known as the Wassen Creek backcountry area, Located between the Umpqua and Smith Rivers, northeast of Reedsport. The Devil’s Staircase area is an irreplaceable historic gem. Guest speakers David and Dee Tvedt will present this area with photos, commentary, and updates on the progress towards wilderness designation.
02/19/09: Stop the First WOPR clearcuts near proposed wilderness, Copper Salmon Wilderness.
01/22/09: 13th Annual Banquet and Silent Auction, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, Douglas County Fairgrounds.
08/15/08: Lawsuit filed to help protect endangerd species on the Elliott State Forest.
08/01/08: BLM proposes to clearcut spotted owl home ranges in the S.Umpqua River timber sale.
06/03/08: Legal notice on the Elliott State Forest prompted by threats to the spotted owl.
07/11/07: Summer 2007 newsletter for download.
06/12/07: Can Can sale units could lose Critical Habitat designation for the spotted owl.
05/04/07: New Elliott State Forest web page. Read about the new plans for this coastal forest.
04/15/07: Download our current newsletter.
03/30/07: Read about the 2008 Elliott State Forest Timber Sales.
11/06/06: Victory on the Umpqua - the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Roseburg and Medford BLM Districts acted illegally in its attempts to log more old-growth in the Cow Creek watershed, near Riddle and Glendale....see BLM Main Menu for all the sales that were stopped.
06/22/06: An underground natural gas pipeline is proposed to be built through southern Oregon, stirring controversy surrounding environmental and safety issues...read more here.
06/09/06: The About Us page has been completely revamped, check it out!
04/13/06: A new proposal that is the Class of '98 and Upper South Myrtle timber sales combined has been released. Its new name is the South Myrtle Creek Regeneration Harvest.
02/27/06: BLM unveils their Dickerson Heights timber sale plans.
02/23/06: Following a ruling by Judge Hogan, the Cow Catcher timber sale will proceed, which clearcuts 146 acres of old-growth.
01/17/05: What-a-Gas timber sale plans revealed, and they aren't in the interest of old-growth.
12/10/05: Plans considered to increase public grazing lands for cows in Tiller.
11/17/05: The Diet Coq timber sale controversy.
11/08/05: Cooking with Conscience series featuring holiday desserts.
10/11/05: Sign the online Citizens' Petition to stop changes to the former Roadless Rule.
10/10/05: Updated Events page. Plan your season.
09/08/05: Updated events page. Check it out!
09/02/05: The Déjà vu Timber Sale salvage logs in the Bland Mountain Fire II area, but not without a fight.
07/01/05: East Fork Coquille Timber Sale: comment now.
06/22/05: Lemolo timber sale update.
06/20/05: The celebration of Wilderness Week has begun with many and varied activities to choose from across the state and in your neighborhood.
06/20/05: Register today for the Youth Wilderness Camp Out 2005, July 22-24. Attendance is limited.
06/16/05: Enjoy River Appreciation Day, July 16th, at Whistler's Bend Park. Reserve your campsite today!
05/01/05: Umpqua Land Exchange Project dies. Get the story on our ULEP page.
04/27/05: Cooking with Conscience Series, Next Class is May 23rd. Learn How To Make Your Own Tamales!
04/27/05: Job Opening at UW! Outreach Campaign Coordinator position is posted on web site.
03/02/05: WE MOVED! We are now at 539 SE Main Street, only two blocks from our original location.The difficult move was accomplished with the help of several dedicated volunteers, and important ongoing work resumed quickly.Our new offices are modern and more spacious. Come by and visit! Our phone number and mailing address remain the same.We will have an Open House on 4/15/05.03/01/05: BLM's Spring 2005 Planning Update lists the Green Thunder timber sale as Postponed Indefinitely.
01/27/05: Comment now on reworked but same old proposal for clearcutting 140 acres of mature and old growth forests ön the Green Thunder timber sale. Note: Respond Now; comments are due Feb. 3, 2005.
12/01/04: Updated Events page. Check out the scoop on the December Dance and the annual Banquet in February.
11/09/04: 9th Annual Banquet News! Check out our grandest celebration of the Umpqua in the making!
10/21/04: Green Thunder timber sale auction cancelled!10/01/04: Here's the fall schedule of fun! Check out the Events page!
09/30/04: Green Thunder timber sale proposes to clearcut old growth and mature forest.
09/15/04: Updated Events Page. Here's an exciting lineup of worthy autumn events!
09/08/04: Comment period for Roadless Rule proposed changes has been extended to November 15th. See details.
08/10/04: Can Can Timber Sale Alert. BLM proposes clearcutting old growth near Canyonville. Comment by August 19th.
08/04/04: Roadless Area Conservation. Comments needed again en masse for this repeated assault on our Roadless Areas under the guise of conservation.
07/28/04: Sign Up Today to help at UW's Douglas County Fair booth, August 10-14th!
07/07/04: Old-Growth logging continues in Diamond Lake. Jigsaw and Whitebird going down.
06/17/04: River Appreciation Day is July 17th. Come celebrate the Umpqua in Elkton this year!
06/14/04: Elliott State Forest meeting in Roseburg, Thursday. Comment now!
06/09/04: Register now for the Wilderness Youth Camp Out ö July 30 - August 1st.05/22/04: Cow Catcher Clearcutting temporarily stopped!
05/10/04: Diamond Lake Restoration: Shall we poision the lake? Comments before May 17.
04/28/04: Baked Apple Decision salvages too many trees.
04/12/04: Comment Now: Elliott State Forest 2005 timber sales.
04/01/04: Updated Events page. Don't miss the upcoming Spring 2004 events!
02/19/04: Press release: North Umpqua Hydro Project license rehearing requested by 9 conservation groups.
01/20/04: Announcing UW's 8th Annual Banquet and Benefit Auction, Feb. 28, Douglas County Fairgrounds.
01/07/04: Winter hike schedule posted. You can do it! Just wear your rain gear.
12/18/03: Now available, Maps of some East Fork Coquille timber sale units.
12/01/03: Information on Oregon and California (O&C) lands managed by BLM.
11/20/03: Join UW for a Benefit Dance & Concert on Dec. 12th. Hot Club Sandwich from Seattle and Hotqua, a local string band, will perform.11/06/03: Comment on the Baked Apple Fire Salvage sale.
10/14/03: Lemolo timber sale EIS is available for your comments before December 1.
10/09/03: Upper North and Warm Springs timber sales are withdrawn!
09/25/03: Check out our fall schedule of upcoming hikes and events. Don't miss these!
08/31/03: Old Growth being cut now in Peanuts. Pigout soon to fall. Umpqua NF, Diamond Lake RD.
07/31/03: East Fork Coquille Timber Sale includes Old Growth clearcutting.
07/17/03: The Umpqua National Forest makes the Top Ten! Congratulations?
07/08/03: BLM plans to clearcut old-growth in Cow Creek. Comment now!06/12/03: Old growth logging could begin this summer in the Diamond Lake District.
06/12/03: Join in the Fun! River Appreciation Day, July 19th kicks off Wilderness Week, July 19- 26.
05/29/03: Check out updated Events page. Twin Lakes Youth Camp Out is coming up!
05/22/03: Diamond Lake is threatened with poisoning . . . by Management!
05/22/03: Read about clearcutting plans on the Elliott State Forest.
05/07/03: Umpqua Watersheds sues Wildlife Services to stop them from killing bears.
04/17/03: See updated Events page for latest educational and fun activities.
04/01/03: Baked Apple & Ash Creek fire salvage timber sales begin. Comments are due now.
03/27/03: Public Comment Now on the Elliott State Forest's timber sales.
03/13/03: Glen Spain, NW Director of PCFFA, will speak in Roseburg on March 26.
03/13/03: Don't miss The Glide Wildflower Show on April 26 & 27th.
03/13/03: Environmental Action Lobby Day. Important event. Go with your friends to Salem on March 24th to speak out.
03/13/03: Energy Stewardship Workshop will be held on March 30 at St. George Episcopal Church.
03/06/03: Fish Headwaters timber sale in the Elliott State Forest.
03/06/03: Tingstad & Rumbel, Grammy winners, to perform in Roseburg on April 6th.
02/18/03: Save Black Bears from the timber industry. UW's comments are now available online as a pdf.
01/07/03: Attend Umpqua Watersheds' 7th Annual Banquet on February 21, 2003.
12/12/02: Roadless Conservation Rule is in Effect!
12/06/02: Bush attacks ACS, weakening protections for endangered salmon and old growth. Comments needed before 12/26.
11/21/02: Check out our new photos on the Umpqua Fires.
10/24/02: Write a letter to help the Elliott State Forest.
09/26/02: Umpqua River Clean-Up Day is Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002.
09/24/02: Logging looms over Cooper Creek Reservoir.
09/24/02: See updated Umpqua Forest fire facts and statistics.
09/17/02: Wildfire Basics 101. Get the straight story about fire in the forest.
09/03/02: Action Alert! Don't use Fire to weaken environmental laws.
07/23/02: Coquille Forest update: Feds fined for illegal logging.
07/16/02: Check out the latest events on our Events page & don't miss River Appreciation Day on July 20th!
07/11/02: Old growth Snog timber sale has been logged.
06/25/02: Oregon Wild 2002. Catch up for Oregon who lags behind in Wilderness designation.
06/25/02: Send Senator Smith to the Wilderness. Senator Smith needs a good dose of wilderness and so does Oregon. Contact him today via our page.06/18/02: North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project update. Public comment period finally begins after 10 years of negotiations behind closed doors.
06/12/02: UNF withdraws Little River DEMO!
05/28/02: Events page has been updated. Also see River Appreciation Day info.
05/28/02: Come to Laura Kemp and Mare Wakefield's benefit performance on June 7th.
05/210/2: Elliott State Forest on the auction block. Owls are missing.
05/16/02: Lemolo Watershed Projects Draft EIS. Speak out on the upcoming NEW DEIS and say NO to logging any kind of old growth.
03/21/02: Oregon Wild 2002 Forum. April 3, 2002.
03/19/02: North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project update. Read short summary article. New comment periods begin.
03/14/02: Wilderness protection & Senator Wyden. Send him a letter via link.
02/28/02: Landslide and Public Safety Meeting is over. Comment period has been extended to April 30th. Comment Now.
02/14/02: Landslide and Public Safety meeting 02/28/02. Comments due before March 31, 2002.
02/12/02: Tingstad & Rumbel concert on Sunday, Feb. 24th.
02/07/02: More Roadless rule comments are needed by Feb. 19, 2002.
02/05/02: Please pass the Wilderness.
01/31/02: Action Alert: Stop Little River DEMO and Felix timber replacement sales.
01/15/02: Umpqua Watersheds annual banquet.
01/03/02: Illegal logging by Lone Rock Timber Company over the holidays has been discovered.
12/14/01: Higher Court reinstates protections for endangered fish.
11/09/01: Judge Hogan denies protections for Umpqua's imperiled fish.
10/23/01: Lemolo Timber Sale. The DEIS is available via a link from our page.
10/20/01: Protect our remaining Old Growth forests on public land.
09/20/01: Little River DEMO. Experimentation in old growth devastation.
08/30/01: Fish Creek Watershed Project. See photos of threatened old growth forests.
08/30/01: Cooper Creek Reservoir. Oops! There goes another watershed.
08/23/01: Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The new comment period ended 9/10/01.
08/09/01: Land Exchange page has been updated. You can still comment.
07/10/01: Events to Enjoy. Check out the latest upcoming UW events.
06/26/01: Diamond Lake District Threatened by Unprecedented Logging.
06/26/01: Download Pinestrip timber sale full-page ad that was in The New York Times newspaper or visit Pinestrip.
06/15/01: North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project -- UW's Executive Director speaks.
06/01/01: Court of Appeals Upholds Judge Rothstein. Timber Sales in endangered fish habitat continue to be stalled.
05/24/01: Cooper Creek Reservoir update. Logging threatens Sutherlin's water supply. Comment Now.
05/08/01: Fish Creek Watershed timber sale. Announcement of a huge new sale proposal.
04/19/01: Protect the Roadless Areas! Contact President Bush--Act Now!
04/11/01: Mildred Kanipe Park update. Good News. Things are going well....
03/27/01: Lovely views at Cooper Creek Reservoir near Sutherlin will be changed. Comment now.
02/22/01: Soil Study in Diamond Lake Ranger District -- Comment Now!
01/11/01: Forest Service withdraws some of Snog Timber Sale. Unit 2 saved. Unit 11 logged.
01/11/01: Secretary Glickman signs the Roadless Area Conservation Final Rule.01/05/01: Events to Enjoy. Check out a new season of events sponsored by Umpqua Watersheds.
12/22/00: Rumor Control on Medicine Mountain National Monument.
12/05/00: Medicine Mountain National Monument Proposal. Mt. Bailey and Diamond Lake honored.
11/21/00: Final Cedar Creek Proposal. Spotted Owls will die. Comment Now.
11/07/00: Land Exchange mandated by Congress in Smith River. ULEP gets $4.3 million windfall.
11/03/00: Forest Service responds, making excuses for accidentally clear-cutting ancient forest reserve.
10/26/00: Another Federal Fisheries Biologist speaks out on Snog.
10/26/00: Forest Service admits accidentally clearcutting streamside protection buffers in Pinestrip.
10/26/00: Events to Enjoy. Shannon Applegate presents Soldiers & Spruce on November 1st.
10/17/00: North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project Relicensing. 8 dams and 37 miles of canals, flumes and tunnels block fish passage.
09/14/00: Lemolo Timber Sale. Umpqua Watersheds leads hike to Unit 66.
09/12/00: Snog Update. The latest developments on the illegal timber sale.
09/07/00: Stewart Mine, Steamboat Creek. Stewart Mine's operations proceed.
09/05/00: Cedar Creek Restoration. UNF tries to fix past damages.
08/31/00: Snog Update. Forest Service illegally logs biggest trees.
06/14/00: Snog: the next old-growth forest scheduled to fall this summer on the Umpqua.
06/10/00: Paw Timber Sale: They won. We Lost. Roadless area is clearcut. See before/after pictures.
05/24/00: BLM proposes to clearcut old-growth within a sea of Weyerhaeuser clearcuts. Comment NOW.
05/12/00: BLM apologizes for illegally logging Right View. Promises tree-sitters their tree won't be cut.
05/09/00: Draft Roadless plans released: Forest Service will continue logging in roadless areas.
05/08/00: BLM caught logging illegally in stream side reserves.
04/25/00: Mining pollution threatens Riddle's drinking water.
04/10/00: We WIN Fertilizing appeal.
03/30/00: We WIN Christopher Folly appeal.
03/21/00: See Right View unit 5 cut. Pictures of the devastation.
03/19/00: Logging complete at Right View. Tree-Sitters decline to come down. You can help.
03/16/00: BLM allows logging around tree-sitters in Right View.
01/10/00: BLM's massive Forest Fertilization project STOPPED!
01/03/00: Events: Hike Douglas County and come to our annual banquet.
12/17/99: Update on Christopher Folly timber sale, Canton Creek.
12/02/99: Please Write Now to Help Protect Umpqua's Roadless Areas.
11/22/99: Settlement for Survey and Manage law suit.
10/04/99: Rothstein ruling: Background, Question and Answers, and List of Sales.
10/04/99: The Rothstein 9/99 court decision, in its entirety.
10/01/99: We Win Another Law Suit. Rothstein enforces protections for our endangered fish.
09/29/99: Tiller Ranger District: Pictures of 1999 proposed timber sales. See it before it's gone.
08/19/99: Update on Mildred's Park. County takes steps in RIGHT direction.
08/02/99: We Win Lawsuit. Survey and Manage affects 25 local sales.
07/29/99: Pipeline Timber Sale, now open for public comments.
07/25/99: Lemolo Timber Sale update and more pictures. Comment Now!
07/17/99: Right View Timber Sale Protest: Two women sit in forest canopy.
06/17/99: Mildred Kanipe Park outside of Oakland: Plans to clearcut in park.
05/07/99: Umpqua Watersheds responds to the timber executives newspaper editorial.
04/15/99: BLM's 1999 proposed timber sales. Comment Now.
04/10/99: Take a Hike, and other fun local events.
03/29/99: Victory! Court stops Little River Demo timber sale!
01/24/99: Update on Warm Spring and Upper North. Appeal denied.
01/19/99: Law Suit on Umpqua Trout and Coho Salmon Continues
12/15/98: Warm Springs timber sale update, Diamond Lake.
12/12/98: Update on Christopher Folly timber sale, in Canton Creek.
11/30/98: Cottage Grove sales: Blodgett (new) and Salty (update).
10/16/98: Update on Diamond Lake timber sales, Warm Springs/Upper North
09/03/98: National Road Moratorium in Roadless Areas excludes the Umpqua!
08/20/98: Warm Springs and Upper North timber sales. Comment now.
07/24/98: New Pictures of the Bear Paw Protest and sale area.
07/16/98: Bear Paw Protest Update
07/07/98: Paw Protested.
05/22/98: Christopher Folly sale will clearcut in Canton Creek, near Steamboat.04/29/98: Updated 5/20: Judge Rules on Lawsuit. Umpqua Sales Stopped!
03/20/98: Logging in Myrtle Creek and Riddle's municipal watershed.
02/01/98: Upper North Timber Sale proposed in 3 roadless areas in Diamond Lake.
Picture posted 2/21/98.01/31/98: Umpqua Watersheds wins two more Stays on BLM timber sales.
Another Stay won in February! (so far, that six timber sales temporarily stopped).01/12/98: UNF Backs Out of Roadless Area Logging. Hardesty Saved! for now anyway.
01/10/98: Umpqua Watersheds wins a Stay on three BLM timber sales.
01/09/98: Felix Timber Sale, above Cougar Bluffs. Comment Now.
01/03/98: Red Top Salvage Sale. BLM's biggest 1997 timber sale.
